Adolescent-Socioemotional-Development-GroupProject

Adolescent Socio-emotional (psycho-social) Development

Establishing Identity
- Developing positive self esteem and self image
- Dealing with negative peer pressure in a healthy way
- Defining one’s purpose in life
Establishing autonomy
- Rebelling against parents
- Defining one’s own boundaries and expectations
- Questioning rules
Establishing intimacy
- Forming and maintaining relationships
- Learning what a healthy relationship requires (honesty, openness, trust, etc)
Becoming comfortable with one’s sexuality
- Sexual experimentation
- Recognizing the emotional aspects of sex
- Sexual orientation
- Setting sexual boundaries
Achievement
- Competition
- Success
- Establishing goals for the future
Depression
- More common in females
- Common when experiencing prolonged intervals of high stress
- Feeling of lack of achievement

Preliminary Research